Zeepipe Gas Pipeline
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Zeepipe Gas Pipeline is an operating pipeline which transports gas from Sleipner area of the Norwegian North Sea to a receiving terminal at Zeebrugge in Belgium.[1]
Location
Zeepipe Gas Pipeline runs from Kollsnes, Norway to Zeebrugge, Belgium.[1]
Project Details
Phase I
- Operator:Gassco[2]
- Owner: Gassled[3]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 14.97 Bcm/yv[4]
- Length: 846 km[2]
- Diameter: 30, 40 in[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start Year: 1993[1]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Phase II A
- Operator:Gassco[2]
- Owner: Gassled[3]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 20.8 Bcm/y[4]
- Length: 300 km[2]
- Diameter: 40 in[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start Year: 1996[5]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Phase II B
- Operator:Gassco[2]
- Owner: Gassled[3]
- Parent company:
- Capacity: 21.9 Bcm/y[4]
- Length: 300 km[2]
- Diameter: 40 in[1]
- Status: Operating[1]
- Start Year: 1997[5]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
The pipeline gained approval from the Norwegian parliament in 1986.[6] The Zeepipe gas pipeline was constructed in three phases. The Zeepipe system was originally laid to carry gas from the Sleipner and later Troll fields to Zeebrugge in Belgium. The gas in this pipeline is traded in Belgian, French and Spanish markets.[7] At the time of construction, the phase I pipeline from Sleipner to Zeebrugge was the longest subsea pipeline ever built[8] Phases II A and II B run parallel to one another. [3]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Gassco". map.gassco.eu (in norsk). Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy; Gassco AS (March 19, 2020). "Gas pipelines on the Norwegian continental shelf". Norwegian Petroleum. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Open data". www.sodir.no. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Pipelines and facilities" (PDF). regjeringen.no. 2025-07-14. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Open data". www.sodir.no. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ "ZEEPIPE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES TOWARD 1993 START-UP". www.ogj.com. Retrieved 2025-07-14.
- ↑ Zeepipe I, Norsk Oljemuseum, December 18, 2015
- ↑ Pipeline Pigging Technology.
